Integration of 400 Suppliers at an EMS Provider
In this case study, we present you the example of one of the world’s largest suppliers of Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) who, together with ICON, successfully implemented a demand-driven supply network. With the help of ICON-SCM the contract manufacturer coordinated its production planning with 400 suppliers, thus allowing the company to reliably meet delivery dates for customer orders. This resulted in a significant improvement of the service level and doubled the throughput without any additional capacities.

A New Paradigm in Managing Product Availabililty to Channels
How do manufacturing businesses make sure that 100% of countless products are available for all of their trading partners despite highly unstable demand and short life cycles? Almost no other challenge gives planners as serious a headache as the preparation of fine-tuned production and distribution plans. In our case study we will give you a concrete example from the electronics industry, illustrating how demand can be met more reliably and with a minimum of resources through integrated demand and supply management.

Guide to Demand-Driven Supply Networks (DDSN): Action instead of Reaction
Do not wait until your customer tells you what he needs. In this guide we will show you, step by step, how a demand-driven supply network works.

Checklist Supplier Collaboration: How Well Do You Cooperate with Your Suppliers?
Find out in just five minutes how to collaborate with your suppliers to fundamentally improve your delivery performance

How to Achieve True Demand-Driven Operations for Real Performance Improvment
Real performance improvement only comes from better execution in your operations.  Better execution results from synchronized operations across your supply chain that are coordinated by a single point of demand-driven control over planning with tightly integrated execution control.
Learn how to increase your order fulfillment by 15% with the same supply picture.

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Leave the Excel Labyrinth Behind
The better a company is able to forecast customer demand, the sooner it will be in a position to use its resources and to procure raw materials in a profitable way. In practice, however, demand forecasts often involve a maze of people and data, increased by the use of countless Excel tables. This article deals with the question of how sales and operations planning allows the company to use all existing corporate data for forecasts, in a way that is effective and practical, and adjust them to the resources available. 

Checklist for Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
How does your company compare to Best Practices in S&OP? Find out in about five minutes

How ICON Masters Electronics Assembly Fulfillment from Lean Supply
Learn how ICON adresses major challenges of the electronics business.

Closed-Loop Planning
How to integrate your supply chain and realize greater profits

Necessary Capabilities to Compete in PC Direct Sales 
For PC manufacturers competing in the direct, build-to-order business growth and profits depend on fast order turnaround time (TAT), while minimizing inventory and production costs.

ICON-SCM Solutions for OEM

Sales and Operations Planning

Demand and Supply Planning

Order Fulfillment

Demand Planning and Forecasting

Supply Chain Monitoring/Demand Capacity Planning

Vendor Managed Inventory/Customer Collaboration